“Across all our differences, we
come into the world more or less the same way, through the body of another
human being. We breathe the same air and depend on the same earth for our
sustenance. We all weep salty tears and bleed red blood. Though we find different
things funny, we laugh (and sneeze) in amusing ways. Up to a certain age we are
so curious about each other that someone has to teach us to fear each other.
None of us is born with a belief system or a worldview. We acquire those from
our elders, along with our DNA. This does not diminish the importance of our
religion, but it does establish a certain priority. What we have most in common
is not our religion but our humanity, which is recognizable across class,
continent, and color – unless someone goes to a great pains to blind us to one
another.” (p.76)
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